Ultimately, a person cannot control what other people do, but that person can control what decisions they make. After WW2, we decided that "following orders" is

Ultimately, a person cannot control what other people do, but that person can control what decisions they make. After WW2, we decided that "following orders" is no excuse for war crimes (Nuremberg principle IV). To me, the situation seems eerily reminiscent of the doctor in V for Vendetta. Delia Surridge: [Curtains are drawn back, allowing moonlight to come in] It's you, isn't it? You've come to kill me? V: Yes. Delia Surridge: Thank God. Delia Surridge: After what happened. After what they did. I thought about killing myself. I knew that one day you'd come for me. I didn't know what they were going to do. I swear to you. Read my journal. V: What they did was only possible because of you. Delia Surridge: Oppenheimer was able to change more than a course of a war. It changed the entire course of human history. Is it wrong to hold on to that kind of hope? V: I've not come for what you've hoped to do. I've come for what you did. Delia Surridge: It's funny. I was given one of your roses today. I wasn't sure you were the terrorist until I saw it. What a strange coincidence that I should be given one today. V: There are no coincidences, Delia. Only the illusion of coincidences.